xii, 228 pages ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-220)

Includes index

Acknowledgments -- pt. 1. Who's who on the New York Stock Exchange -- Ch. 1. The members -- pt. 2. From yesterday to today -- Ch. 2. The butonwood tree and all that -- Ch. 3. From the civil war to the twentieth century -- Ch. 4. Until armageddon -- Ch. 5. Building the big board -- pt. 3. The top men -- Ch. 6. Richard Whitney: a blue blood goes bad -- William McChesney Martin, Jr.: the conscience of the exchange -- Ch. 8. Emil Schram: a Hoosier from Washington -- G. Keith Funston: the right man for the right time -- Ch. 10. Robert W. Haack: a broker at the helm -- Ch. 11. James J. Needham: fighting for the floor and with it -- Ch. 12. William M. Batten: a retailer takes over -- pt. 4. The floor in action -- Ch. 13. The power structure -- Ch. 14. The old-timers -- Ch. 15. A specialist at work -- Ch. 16 Women as members -- Ch. 17. Trading for commissions -- Ch. 18. Members and their pranks -- Ch. 19. First steps on the road to riches -- pt. 5. The floor of tomorrow -- Ch. 20. Toward the nineteen-eighties and beyond -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index

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